Aqua Panic is a new BulkyPix title to hit the iPhone App store.  It is a new take on the physics genre of game in that it is more than gravity that you have to deal with.  You also have to deal with water and water flow.  Your goal is to get all your little fishies safe to the bottom of the screen.  To to this, however, you need to go through or around different obstacles.  This is done via either blowing your way through them with carefully placed (and limited) bombs, or placement of instant-grow plants that divert the water flow.

There are two different versions of the game.  The free version is a freemium model that allows you to to upgrade to a total of 32 additional levels for $0.99.  The “deluxe” version of the game is priced at $3.99 and has 80 different levels with 8,000 fishies to save.

While I enjoyed the unique game play, I do have some suggestions.  First, the controls, while discussed in the game, were a bit difficult to figure out when first launching the game and trying to turn off or turn down the game music in the game options.  Once I figured out the scroll-and-tap interface, I found that there were no sound options.  That would be my second suggestion. :)

While I don’t see this title replacing Angry Birds or Cut The Rope on the top of the physics game category, it does offer unique game play and is a welcome respite from all the clone wars that seem to clutter the app store.  If you like physics games, it is definitely worth checking out.